Supporting member.



H. E. M. STROBECK.

SUPPORTING MEMBER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19. I916.

Patented Oct. 3,1916.

HARTER E. M. STROBECK, 0F ROSS, NORTH DAKOTA.

SUPPORTING MEMBER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

Application filed April 19, 1916. Serial No. 92,235.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARTER E. M. STRO- BECK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ross, in the county of Mountrail and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supporting Members, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in supporting members and has relation more particularly to a peg adapted to be employed in connection with harness or the like; and it is an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved supporting member wherein a movable retaining arm is employed and whereby said arm is automatically adjusted into operative position through the medium of the article engaged with the peg.

Furthermor e it is an object of the invention to provide a supporting member with novel and improved means whereby the retaining arm may be readily and conveniently released from operative position, and whereby said retaining arm may be automatically moved into inoperative position after being released.

The, invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and ar rangement of the several parts of my im partly in section illustrating a supporting member constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention; and Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, B denotes the body of my improved supporting member or peg bent transversely upon itself into the form of an inverted U in cross section with the larger ends thereof arranged on such an angle as to have the upper portion of the body B disposed on a predetermined angle relative to the supporting surface of the member, said angle being preferably about 13. The inner or wide portions of the sides of the body B are provided with the out-turned flanges 1 to afford means whereby said body may be anchored in applied position.

The intermediate or top portion 2 of the body B has its opposite end portions cutaway, as at 3, the forward cutaway portion being adapted to have extended therethrough the retaining arm A when said arm is adjusted into substantiallyverti'cal or operative position. The arm A has one end portion pivotally engaged, as at 4, between the sides 5 of the body B, and said arm A is of predetermined length and has pivotally engaged with its inner end portion an extremity of the elongated member or rod 6, the pivotal connection 7 between the elongated member 6 and the arm A being eccentric to the pivot 4, whereby it will be perceived that upon inward movement of the elongated member 6, the arm A will be caused to assume an operative or substan-.

is disposed upon the body B and forced rearwardly thereof, the contact of said article with the contact member C will cause the arm A to automatically assume an upright or operative position and thereby hold the article upon the body B.

Forward or retrograde movement of the member 6 is limited by the pivoted catch 8 adapted to have its inner or upper extremity engaged within a notch 9 formed in the under surface of the member 6 at a predetermined point intermediate its length, while the opposite extremity of the catch 8 is normally extended beyond the lower portion of the body B, whereby said catch 8 may be readily disengaged from the member 6 when it is desired to remove the article from the body B.

The pivotal connection 10 of the catch 8 is intermediate the length thereof and at such a point to permit the forward portion of the catch to serve as a gravity means, whereby the inner end of the catch 8 is normally elevated. It will also be perceived that the inner end of the rear cut-out portion 3 coacts with the contact member C in order to limit the forward and downward movement of the arm A.

Operatively engaged with the inner end portion of the member 6 is a retractile member 11, herein disclosed as a conventional coil spring, and the opposite end portion of the member 11 is anchored to the lower portion of the body B at a predetermined point in advance of the rear thereof, as indicated at 12. It is thought to be selfevident that upon disengagement of the catch 8 from the member 6, the retractile member 11 will automatically cause the member6 to move forwardly.

The sides 5 are maintained in predetermined spaced relation through the medium of the spacing members lt, certain of said members 14: serving as a supporting means for the members 6, as is thought to be clearly shown in the accompanying drawings.

The member 6 and the contact member C are preferably formed from a single length of rod and the contact member I} is substantially D-shape in side elevation with the upper and forward part thereof slightly extended, as indicated at 15, in order to assure effective contact with an article disposed over the body B.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a supporting member constructed in accordance with my invention is of an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensive nature and is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without material departure from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting'myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice.

I claim:

1. In combination with a supporting member, a retaining arm pivotally engaged with the forward end-thereof, and an elongated member slidably supported by the supporting member and operatively engaged with the retaining arm and provided with an upstanding hook member, the connection between the elongated member and the retaining arm being eccentric to the pivotal connection between the arm and the supporting member.

2. In combination with a supporting member, a retaining arm pivotally engaged with the forward end thereof, an elongated member slidably supported by the supporting member and operatively engaged with the retaining arm and provided with an upstanding hook member, the connection benectionbetween the arm andthe. supporting e member, and automatic means for imparting movement to the elongated member in one direction.

4. In combination with a supportingmember, a retaining arm pivotally engaged with the forward end thereof, an elongated member slidably supported by the supporting member and operatively engaged with the retaining arm and provided with an upstanding hook member, the connection between the elongated member and the retaining arm being eccentric to the pivotal connection between the arm and the supporting member, said elongated member being provided with anotch, and a catch pivotally supported intermediate its length by the body, one extremity of the catchbeing adapted to engage within the notch of the elongated member.

5. In combination with a supporting member, a retaining arm pivotally engaged with the forward end thereof, an elongated member slidably supported by the supporting member and operatively engaged with the retaining arm and provided with an upstanding hook member, the connection between the elongated member and the retaining arm being eccentric to the pivotal connection between the arm and the supporting member, said elongated member being provided with a notch, and a catch pivotally supported intermediate its length by the body, one extremity of the catch being adapted to engage within the notch of the elongated member, the opposite end portion of the catch serving asgravity means for normally maintaining the first named extremity of the catch normally in contact with the elongated member.

6. A supporting member substantially in the form in cross section of an inverted U,

an endwise movable elongated member coacting with the supporting member, a spacing member serving as a support for said elongated member, a retaining arm pivotally engaged with the supporting member adjacent an end thereof, said elongated member being pivotally engaged with the retaining arm at a point eccentric to the pivotal connection between said arm and the supporting member, and a contact member carried by the elongated member and disposed beyond the supporting member.

7 A supporting member substantially in the form in cross section of an inverted U, an endwise movable elongated member 00- acting with the supporting member, a spacing member serving as a support for said elongated member, aretaining arm pivotally engaged with the supporting member adjacent an end thereof, said elongated member being pivotally engaged with the retaining arm at a point eccentric to the pivotal connection between said arm and the supporting member, and a contact member carried by the elongated member and disposed beyond the supporting member, said retaining arm coacting with the adjacent end of the supporting member for limiting the movement of the movable member in one direction.

8. A supporting member substantially in the form in cross section of an inverted U, an endwise movable elongated member coacting with the supporting member, a spacing member serving as a support for said elongated member, a retaining arm pivotally engaged with the supporting member adjacent an end thereof, said elongated member being pivotally engaged with the retaining arm at a point eccentric to the pivotal connection between said arm and the supporting member, and a contact member carried by the elongated member and disposed beyond the supporting member, said contact member coacting with the adjacent end of the supporting member for limiting the movement of said member in one direction.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HARTER E. M. STROBEOK.

Witnesses:

O. S. HAUGEN, B. W. TAYLOR.

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Washington, D. 0. 

